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Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
Today (Wednesday 22 May 2024) the Charity Commission concluded its inquiry into Effective Ventures Foundation.
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
How trustees set up their Charity Commission Account.
Use our online service to keep your charity’s information and contact details up-to-date with the Charity Commission.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
The Charities SORP provides guidance to preparers of charity accounts. The SORP provides recommendations and requirements setting out how to prepare ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. The SO…
The recruitment, appointment and induction process for new charity trustees and how to set a framework for recruitment.
Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
Change your charity's details with the Charity Commission online.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Trustees of charities in England and Wales should complete and sign this form to confirm their eligibility to be a trustee.
How to get the right people with the right skills on your charity's trustee board.
Guidance to help you complete your charity's annual return, accounting and reporting requirements, and tax and Gift Aid advice.
How to take a complaint about a charity further, including what you can complain about and reporting serious incidents to the Charity Commission, Fundraising Standards Board and Advertising Standards Authority
The Charity Commission offers advice to all charities as it closes its case into the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.
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